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We are thrilled to announce that the 2024 edition of the European Development Network (EUDN) Scientific Conference will be hosted by LEAP Bocconi at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.
The Call for Papers is out! Submit yours by October 31
An exciting start of this new Academic Year for LEAP! We are delighted to introduce three outstanding researchers joining our affiliate team, enhancing our commitment to cutting-edge research and advancing our mission to reducing poverty around the world through effective anti-poverty programs.
The Laboratory for Effective Antipoverty Policies (LEAP)at Bocconi University is thrilled to announce the award of two prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants. These grants have been awarded to two LEAP Affiliates, Professor Michela Carlana and Professor Erika Deserranno, to lead transformative projects in their respective fields.
Read the official Bocconi press release here
Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy
Monday 4th to Thursday 7th September 2023
Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy
The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers who are working in the field of development and international economics. This year the focus will be on gender, labour and development.
For further information and teaching material, please refer to: https://dagliano.unimi.it/
LEAP is proud partner with Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti and Comune di Milano of of RaccontaMi, the census of homeless people in the municipality of Milan.
The Italian funding agency PRIN will fund projects by Lucia Corno, Alexia Delfino and Stefano Fiorin on restrictive gender norms. They will conduct research on misperceptions surrounding FGC, menstruation taboos and breastfeeding policies! Congratulations to our affiliates!
BOCCONI'S LABORATORY FOR EFFECTIVE ANTI POVERTY POLICIES PROVIDES RIGOROUS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE FUNCTIONING OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, WHICH COULD BE REPLICATED ON A LARGE SCALE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION
6 GIUGNO 2023
9.30-17.00
Università Bocconi
Aula Magna
Via Gobbi 5
Please note that registration to this event is mandatory.
You may register at the following link: https://eventi.unibocconi.it/form.php?pt=2
Thank you Hanna Moreno for her interesting presentation: "The effect of forced displacement on long term educational outcomes: evidence from Uganda" at today's LEAP Coffee!
The paper The macroeconomics of pandemics around the world: Lives versus livelihoods revisited by our affiliate Selene Ghisolfi and co-authors has been published in the Journal of Development Economics.